RCA 40-5041 User Manual

Water Resistant 2-Way Indoor/Outdoor Speaker System

Cat. No. 40-5041

Thank you for purchasing the RCA Water
Resistant 2-Way Indoor/Outdoor Speaker
System. It has water-resistant enclosures to
protect it from the elements when it is
mounted outside. The speaker’s acoustic
suspension enclosure holds a 3-inch
polypropylene woofer to provide deep bass
in a small package, along with a 1-inch
ferrofluid cooled tweeter for smooth

The supplied wall and ceiling mounting
brackets and the unique wedge-shaped
design let you mount the speaker in corners
or under eaves to minimize its exposure to
rain and snow. You can place the speaker
near a corner or an eave for more bass
output.

Corner Mount

separation of high and low frequencies. It is
also ideal for use as a front or rear speaker
in a home theater system.

Speaker Placement

Caution: Your speaker is weather resistant.
Do not mount it in a location where water
might collect in the terminals.

Your speaker’s very broad dispersion
pattern means you get good sound quality
over a very large listening area. If you
position the speaker to provide coverage of
too large an area, “hot spots” of loud sound
might occur near the speaker. To avoid
“hot-spots”, use one set of speakers for
every 200–400 square feet of listening area.

Listening Area Speaker Placement

Connections

For the best performance, it is essential that
you keep the speaker in the proper phase
(connect + to + and – to –). We
recommend using color-coded or marked
wires to help you correctly connect the
speaker to your sound system.

Eave Mount

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Color-coded wires have stripes running
down one side of the conductor’s insulation,
marked wires have ridges running along one
side of the conductor’s insulation.

Cautions:

• Do not exceed the speaker’s maximum
power rating of 80 watts.

• To avoid damage to the speaker or
amplifier/receiver, turn off the amplifier/
receiver before making the connections.

1. Select a mounting location for the
speaker that can withstand the speaker’s
weight and vibration.

2. Measure the distance from the speaker
to the amplifier/receiver. For distances
of 25 feet or less, use 18-gauge speaker
wire or ordinary lamp cord. For
distances greater than 25 feet, use
heavier 16-gauge wire.

3. With the speaker near the selected
location, run speaker wire from the
speaker to the receiver/amplifier.

4. Separate the conductors for a length of
about two inches on the end of each
wire, then strip

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/2 inch of insulation
from the end of each conductor and
twist the wire ends.

5. Push the black (negative) and red
(positive) terminal on the speaker.

6. Insert the stripped wire ends into the
holes in the terminals.

7. Connect the other ends of the wires to
the matching terminals (negative and
positive) on the receiver/amplifier.

Mounting

You can mount your speaker on a wall or
the ceiling using the supplied mounting
brackets and two screws (not supplied). Use
screws with heads at least
diameter for the speaker.

1. Use the brackets to
mark the locations of
the bracket’s keyhole
slots on the mounting
surface.

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/4 inch in

2. Drive two screws into
the mounting surface
at the marked
locations, leaving about

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/16 inch of the

screw’s threads exposed.

Note: Plaster, concrete, and very thin
surfaces require expansion anchors or bolts
for secure mounting.

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